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Definition of Laggards
1. laggard [n] - See also: laggard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laggards
Literary usage of Laggards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Intelligence of School Children: How Children Differ in Ability, the Use by Lewis Madison Terman (1919)
"The number of school laggards has decreased but little, and their needs are almost
as little provided for as before the campaign in their behalf began. ..."
2. The Intelligence of School Children: How Children Differ in Ability, the Use by Lewis Madison Terman (1919)
"The number of school laggards has decreased but little, and their needs are almost
as little provided for as before the campaign in their behalf began. ..."
3. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... in a Skin Canoe —Hardships of Mr. Crooks and his Comrades— Tidings of
M'Lellan—Illness of Mr. Crooks—Necessity of Leaving the laggards Behind. ..."
4. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"... assiduous shoulder push The kernels huge; a part array the file, And whip the
laggards on; their busy track Swarms quick and eager with unceasing toil. ..."
5. Complete Prose Works by Walt Whitman (1891)
"SOME laggards YET. THE PERFECT HUMAN VOICE. STATING it briefly and pointedly I
should suggest that the human voice is a cultivation or form'd growth on a ..."
6. Man's Moral Nature: An Essay by Richard Maurice Bucke (1879)
"... The Lord advances, and yet advances ; Always the shadow in front ; always the
reached hand, bringing up the laggards."—WALT WHITMAN. ..."
7. OECD Information Technology Outlook: ICTs and the Information Economy by Graham Vickery (2002)
"Leaders and laggards: households and individuals People have varying reasons for
using ICTs. Those not using may not be able to afford access, ..."
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